Sorry No Pictures

I havent blogged for a while so I thought I would fill in what has been going on. Jared is getting transferred back to his old squad!!! This is a blessing for us and we have wanted it for a long time. He will have WED,THURS,FRI off again and I couldnt be more excited. I am trying to potty train Easton. I ran out of diapers again today and he has had no accidents so I guess we will see what happens. Jax is a soccer star and made 5 goals in his first game and 2 goals in the first 5 minutes of the second game and then we had to go. Griffin had a funny moment this week. He came home from school and I asked him how his day was,

Griffin: Well I cant be on tv tomorrow
Me: What do you mean?
G: Cory from Fox 10 news is coming to our school and I cant be on camera(picture the dramatics of this conversation as if I ruined his BIG shot)
Me: Well how come you cant be on camera
G: Because YOU signed a paper at the beginning of the year saying I couldnt be photographed
Me: I did??? I dont remember
G: Well you did and now I cant be on TV
Me: I can call the school and try to change it
G: Nope its just too late for that MOM

So apparantly I signed some paper that I must have misread. I thought it had to do with the internet and posting pictures??? I dont know, but I felt like the worst parent ever. He was one of only a handful of kids that couldnt be there for the helicopter and cameras. They were banished to the basketball courts. I really do feel bad about this even though he keeps telling me it is ok.

As for me I am busy with piano lessons and getting the boys to and from. But I am really loving this rain. We have a mud pool in the backyard. Next time I will post pics.

Gingerbread Houses

My Grandma has started a tradtion with the kids to make Gingerbread houses. She makes the gingerbread homeade and everything. This year we did it at my moms house after Tyler left on his mission. Here is how Jax's turned out.

Easton (as usual) marched to his own drum. He liked eating the candy more than placing it. Also note the spiderman jammies, he wears them every day. He will find them in the dirty clothes, washer, dryer, anywhere he can. Also note they are too small and expose his belly. He never wants to get dressed just wear his jammies.

Here is Grifs house. It turned out quite proffesional if you ask me.

In other news I got sick this week and doctors said it was verging on pnemonia. So I have been in bed and coughing and talking all funny. Hopefully I get better for Christmas. This is the first year since we have been married that we are staying home!! I cant wait, let the excitement begin.

Easton is 3!! But hes not a big boy

Easton turned 3 last week and we celebrated at Peter Piper Pizza for the occasion. He got tons of things he wanted: a build shop, tools, police car, max stuffed animal, bubbles, money, clothes, a bank and more.

He does NOT want to be called a big boy and insists he is still a baby. And no he is not potty trained yet. He still has no desire. The truth is he is MY baby and if he wants to stay that way a little longer that is ok with me:) Although now for Christmas he has asked for a pink barbie??? I am always suprised when he opens his mouth the things that will come out. He also told me the other night that he just really wants his body to stay small. So do I Easton, so do I.

Family

We recently got family pics done before my brother leaves on his mission. Here is my mom with all her Grandboys.

This picture is just cause I love this guy soooo much and miss seeing him even though they dont live that far away. He is the cutest thing and my boys adore him. Well Grif and Jax do but Easton is coming around. In fact they wore the same outfit in these pics and everytime he see it in his drawer he says" Dean matches me and my jeans".

All of US.

I also just wanted to say how excited I am Tyler has decided to serve a mission. It is going to be a great experience for him and for us as we watch him serve the people in San Antonio, and learn and language. He is a great example to my boys, that even though he has been through a lot, he had made a great decision that will better his life and those he serves. I love you Tyler.

A Reminder

Whenever he makes me so mad I want to scream, I am going to look at this picture. I mean come on how can you resist this face. Even with all the grief he gives me, he is my little East the Beast who also makes me laugh uncontrollably. I think this picture is worth a thousand words. What do you think?

Disneyland 2009

Easton had his ups and downs at the happiest place on earth. This is obviously one of his downs. His favorite rides were the rockets, toy story, haunted mansion, matterhorn, dumbo.

So here is our Jedi Knight Training story. Jax wanted to be chosen sooooo bad. So Bethany prepped him for 20 minutes. You need to jump up and down, get in front, yell, clap, draw mega attention to yourself. So the split second the master comes out Jax is doing all these things. And we couldnt believe it but he got chosen first!!!! He did great until Darth Vader and Darth Mal came out and then he hid in the corner and said he didnt want to fight them. It was so sad.

Dad and Jax making funny faces.


We had so much fun spending time with our family at disneyland before Tyler leaves on his mission to Texas.

Dumbo Ride

On the tea cups

The worst ride. Autopia. Well that is when Easton is driving.